Senior Commercial Solicitor

Harper James; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing commercial law firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Commercial Solicitor with at least 10 years of experience. The ideal candidate will have expertise in various commercial agreements and will support diverse clients while enjoying the flexibility of remote work. This firm offers competitive salaries, benefits like private healthcare, and a strong emphasis on work-life balance within a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

33 days holiday

Private Healthcare

Death in service benefit

Access to electric car scheme

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• General commercial experience, particularly with agreements.
• Experience with a variety of sectors and businesses.

Responsibilities

• Support businesses of different sizes across sectors.
• Collaborate with internal teams on various projects.

Skills

Good and services agreements and terms of business

Distribution agreements

Agency agreements

Introducer/referral agreements

Terms for online sales of goods and/or services

Website terms

Software licences and EULAs

Software development/support agreements

SaaS agreements and terms

Job description

Senior Commercial Solicitor

Harper James is a growing, ambitious commercial law firm like no other. We are growing our commercial team and have a number of exciting opportunities senior commercial solicitors to join the team (from 10 + years experience).

About Harper James

Harper James is a growing and ambitious commercial law firm like no other. Forget any misconceptions you may have, we're not stuffy or inhibited by traditions.

Founded in 2014, our purpose is as strong now as it was then - to enable growth-oriented businesses to succeed through delivering top-quality legal services by acting as partners in our clients’ journeys while our people enjoy a true work-life balance.

Harper James continues to grow at c40%+ year on year. This year, more than 150 people will support 4000+ businesses and we expect to double our turnover over the next two years.

Remote working

We offer truly remote working with access to meeting space in Birmingham, Cambridge, London, Manchester, Oxford, Southampton, Cardiff and Sheffield.

We work really hard to ensure our lawyers are part of the team. We work on client and internal projects as teams, collaborating, sharing ideas and enjoying each other’s company. The remote set up simply allows people to work from wherever they want, to give people the flexibility they need, for whatever reason.

What does the ideal candidate look like?

This opportunity is suited to lawyers with general commercial experience, in particular:

• Good and services agreements and terms of business;

• Distribution agreements;

• Agency agreements;

• Introducer/referral agreements;

• Terms for online sales of goods and/or services;

• Website terms;

• Software licences and EULAs;

• Software development/support agreements;

• SaaS agreements and terms.

The workload is varied and you will be supporting businesses of different sizes across a variety of sectors.

The bottom line

• Work where and when you want.

• No client following is required. We care about experience, expertise and commitment to our clients.

• An environment with no politics, no bureaucracy and a great team of people who all play a fundamental part in the success and continued growth of the business.

• Competitive salary and bonus.

• 33 days holiday, including public holidays FTE.

• Option to buy up to 5 holiday days a year FTE.

• Private Healthcare

• Death in service benefit.

• Access to our electric car scheme.

• Flexible working with full time or part-time hours available as part of a fully remote but collaborative team.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE